There are special boarding passes and baggage stickers, Hello Kitty crew uniforms, and the seats are transformed into Hello Kitty with headrest covers and pillows. Meal service features utensilves, cups, and napkins that are Hello Kitty. The lavatories are stocked with themed toilet paper.
Continue reading San Francisco Getting Hello Kitty Jet Service (But Los Angeles is Losing It)... Tags: Advice

Levi Strauss & Co's is betting it can convince investors there is still plenty of global growth left for the 165-year old company, but fund managers fret the iconic blue jeans maker's stock may be too pricey to generate a decent return. The San Francisco-based company returned to the public markets Thursday for the first time since it went private through a leveraged buyout in 1985 with a stock debut that sold $587 million worth of shares and gave it a market value of mo Tags: Money, San Francisco, businessNews, Levi Strauss, Levi

According to the City of Paris, there are 15,000 free-floating vehicles of all forms and shapes in the city, from electric scooters to fluorescent bikes and motorcycle-like scooters. And the City of Paris announced today that companies that operate free-floating services will have to pay a tax depending on the size of their fleet.
If the plan goes through and if you’re running a bike-sharing service, you’ll have to pay €20 per bike per year. For scooter companies, they’ll pay €50 per scooter per... Tags: Europe, San Francisco, Tech, Policy, Paris, France Newsletter, Flash, Bird, Wind, Hive, Bolt, Bike, Scooter, Lime, Coup, Le Parisien

Innovation is not just found at big tech companies operating out of California's Silicon Valley.
WalletHub recently compiled a ranking of the most innovative and least innovative states in the U.S., based on numerous metrics of human capital and innovation environment.
These are the top 10 most innovative states, ranked out of 51 spots to include D.C.
The U.S. is often credited as one of the most innovative countries in the world, but that doesn't mean its innovation and technological pursuit... Tags: Utah, New York, California, San Francisco, Trends, District Of Columbia, Delaware, WalletHub, Silicon Valley WalletHub, Oregon WalletHub

San Francisco-based HoneyBook, provider of a financial and business management platform for freelancers, announced it has raised $28 million in a Series C round of funding. Citi Ventures led the round with participation from all existing investors, including Norwest Venture Partners and Aleph. The company, founded in 2013, previously raised a $22 million Series B round.
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If you like to bang out your grocery shopping early Saturday morning to beat the rush at Whole Foods before yoga class, next weekend's trip will make you grateful for your inability to sleep in. That's because on Saturday, March 30th, at select major Whole Foods Market locations across the country, shoppers will be gifted a swag bag stocked with some of the store's best-selling beauty products, valued at more than $100 — for free. There's just one thing you need to do to unlock the deal: recycl... Tags: Fashion, Music, La, San Francisco, Tribeca, PLAYA VISTA, Burt, Weleda, Hauschka, Alba Botanica, NYC Lakeview, Chicago Philly Center City Potrero Hill

Devs point finger at Beijing for framing pastime as an illness – and how the West could follow
At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, representatives of the International Game Developer Association (IGDA) warned that the World Health Organization (WHO) decision to treat computer gaming as a disorder on par with gambling and drug addiction represents a threat to free speech protections.… Tags: China, San Francisco, Software, Beijing, World Health Organization WHO, International Game Developer Association IGDA

Scrupulosity: Where OCD Meets Religion, Faith, and Belief
Please take a minute and read the following article from the OCD Center of Los Angeles. Many people probably have the notion that Obsessive Compulsion Disorder (OCD) is a somewhat harmless psychological problem that involves nothing worse than washing your hands a lot. A somewhat more debilitating version of OCD was featured on the show “Monk” that starred Tony Shalhoub as the eponymous title character. In the show, Adrian Monk is a b... Tags: Religion, Uncategorized, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Jesus, Christ, Mike, Ecclesiastes, CBT, Tony Shalhoub, Adrian Monk, Klasie Kraalogies

A federal jury in California found that a Monsanto's Roundup weed killer caused a 70-year old man's cancer, the second major blow for the company in a year. The six-member jury in San Francisco federal civil court unanimously concluded on Tuesday that glyphosate — Roundup's key ingredient — was a "substantial factor" in Sonoma resident Edwin Hardeman’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Approximately 11,200 plaintiffs, who claim they were exposed to glyphosate, are suing the company as of Jan. 28, accord... Tags: Science, California, US, San Francisco, Monsanto, Sonoma, Hodgkin, Edwin Hardeman